GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |